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Li N, Deng J, Zhang J, Yu F, Ye F, Hao L, Li S, Hu X. A New Strategy for Targeting UCP2 to Modulate Glycolytic Reprogramming as a Treatment for Sepsis A New Strategy for Targeting UCP2. Inflammation 2024:10.1007/s10753-024-01998-4. [PMID: 38429403 DOI: 10.1007/s10753-024-01998-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/25/2023] [Revised: 02/09/2024] [Accepted: 02/20/2024] [Indexed: 03/03/2024]
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Sepsis is a severe and life-threatening disease caused by infection, characterized by a dysregulated immune response. Unfortunately, effective treatment strategies for sepsis are still lacking. The intricate interplay between metabolism and the immune system limits the treatment options for sepsis. During sepsis, there is a profound shift in cellular energy metabolism, which triggers a metabolic reprogramming of immune cells. This metabolic alteration impairs immune responses, giving rise to excessive inflammation and immune suppression. Recent research has demonstrated that UCP2 not only serves as a critical target in sepsis but also functions as a key metabolic switch involved in immune cell-mediated inflammatory responses. However, the regulatory mechanisms underlying this modulation are complex. This article focuses on UCP2 as a target and discusses metabolic reprogramming during sepsis and the complex regulatory mechanisms between different stages of inflammation. Our research indicates that overexpression of UCP2 reduces the Warburg effect, restores mitochondrial function, and improves the prognosis of sepsis. This discovery aims to provide a promising approach to address the significant challenges associated with metabolic dysfunction and immune paralysis.
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- Na Li
- Department of Infectious Diseases, Hospital of Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China
- Department of Clinical Medicine, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Hospital of Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China
- Department of Clinical Medicine, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China
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- Jiangsu Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Hospital of Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China
- Department of Clinical Medicine, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Hospital of Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China
- Department of Clinical Medicine, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Hospital of Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China
- Department of Clinical Medicine, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Hospital of Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China
- Department of Clinical Medicine, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Hospital of Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China.
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Molecular evolution of uncoupling proteins and implications for brain function. Neurosci Lett 2018; 696:140-145. [PMID: 30582970 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2018.12.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2018] [Revised: 12/17/2018] [Accepted: 12/18/2018] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Uncoupling proteins (UCPs) belong to the mitochondrial anion carrier superfamily and catalyze important metabolic functions at the mitochondrial inner membrane. While the thermogenic role of UCP1 in brown fat of eutherian mammals is well established, the molecular functions of UCP1 in ectothermic vertebrates and of other UCP paralogs remain less clear. Here, we critically discuss the existence of brain UCPs and their potential roles. Applying phylogenetic classification of novel UCPs, we summarize the evidence for brain UCP1 among vertebrates, the role of UCP2 in specific brain areas, and the existence of brain-specific UCPs. The phylogenetic analyses and discussion on functional data should alert the scientific community that the molecular function of so-called UCP1 homologues is by far not clarified and possibly relates to neither thermogenesis nor mitochondrial uncoupling.
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Hou L, Shi J, Cao L, Xu G, Hu C, Wang C. Pig has no uncoupling protein 1. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2017; 487:795-800. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2017.04.118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2017] [Accepted: 04/22/2017] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Dhamrait SS, Maubaret C, Pedersen-Bjergaard U, Brull DJ, Gohlke P, Payne JR, World M, Thorsteinsson B, Humphries SE, Montgomery HE. Mitochondrial uncoupling proteins regulate angiotensin-converting enzyme expression: crosstalk between cellular and endocrine metabolic regulators suggested by RNA interference and genetic studies. Bioessays 2016; 38 Suppl 1:S107-18. [DOI: 10.1002/bies.201670909] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2015] [Accepted: 02/11/2015] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Sukhbir S. Dhamrait
- Centre for Cardiovascular Genetics, BHF Laboratories; University College London; London UK
- Department of Cardiology; Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust; West Sussex UK
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- Centre INSERM U897-Epidemiologie-Biostatistique; Bordeaux France
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- Department of Cardiology, Nephrology and Endocrinology; Hillerød Hospital; Hillerød Denmark
- Faculty of Health Sciences; University of Copenhagen; Copenhagen Denmark
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- Centre for Cardiovascular Genetics, BHF Laboratories; University College London; London UK
- Department of Cardiology; The Whittington Hospital NHS Trust; London UK
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- Institute of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology; University Hospital of Schleswig-Holstein; Kiel Germany
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- Centre for Cardiovascular Genetics, BHF Laboratories; University College London; London UK
- Scottish National Advanced Heart Failure Service; Golden Jubilee National Hospital; Clydebank UK
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- Royal Centre for Defence Medicine; Queen Elizabeth Hospital; Birmingham UK
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- Department of Cardiology, Nephrology and Endocrinology; Hillerød Hospital; Hillerød Denmark
- Faculty of Health Sciences; University of Copenhagen; Copenhagen Denmark
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- Centre for Cardiovascular Genetics, BHF Laboratories; University College London; London UK
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- UCL and National Centre for Sport, Exercise & Health; University College London; London UK
- UCL Institute for Human Health and Performance; University College London; London UK
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Uncoupling proteins of invertebrates: A review. IUBMB Life 2016; 68:691-9. [DOI: 10.1002/iub.1535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2016] [Accepted: 06/18/2016] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Effects of central irisin administration on the uncoupling proteins in rat brain. Neurosci Lett 2016; 618:6-13. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2016.02.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2015] [Revised: 01/17/2016] [Accepted: 02/25/2016] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Huang Z, Li J, Du S, Chen G, Qi Y, Huang L, Xiao L, Tong P. Effects of UCP4 on the Proliferation and Apoptosis of Chondrocytes: Its Possible Involvement and Regulation in Osteoarthritis. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0150684. [PMID: 26934480 PMCID: PMC4775028 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0150684] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2015] [Accepted: 02/18/2016] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Reactive oxygen species (ROS)-induced chondrocytes apoptosis plays a key role in osteoarthritis (OA) pathogenesis. Uncoupling protein 4 (UCP4) can protect cells against oxidative stress via reducing ROS production and cell apoptosis. Here, silencing of UCP4 in primary chondrocytes significantly inhibited cell survival, but induced ROS production and cell apoptosis. UCP4 mRNA of cartilage tissues was decreased in osteoarthritis patients, which was negatively correlated with synovial fluid (SF) leptin concentration. Moreover, leptin treatment (5, 10 and 20 ng/ml) of primary cultured chondrocytes significantly decreased mRNA and protein levels of UCP4, but increased ROS production and cell apoptosis in a dose-dependent manner. The effects of leptin treatment (20 ng/ml) on chondrocytes was partially reversed by ectopic expression of UCP4. More importantly, intraarticularly injection of UCP4 adenovirus remarkably alleviate OA progression and cell apoptosis in a rat OA model induced by anterior cruciate ligament transection (ACLT). In conclusion, UCP4, whose expression was suppressed by leptin, may be involved in the ROS production and apoptosis of chondrocytes, thus contributing to the OA pathogenesis.
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- Zhongming Huang
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Xiaoshan Chinese Medical Hospital, Hangzhou, China
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Affiliated Jiangnan Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China
- Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China
- Institute of Orthopaedics and Traumatology of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Xiaoshan Chinese Medical Hospital, Hangzhou, China
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Affiliated Jiangnan Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, the Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, the Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, the Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China
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- Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China
- Institute of Orthopaedics and Traumatology of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China
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- Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China
- Institute of Orthopaedics and Traumatology of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China
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Dhamrait SS, Maubaret C, Pedersen-Bjergaard U, Brull DJ, Gohlke P, Payne JR, World M, Thorsteinsson B, Humphries SE, Montgomery HE. Mitochondrial uncoupling proteins regulate angiotensin-converting enzyme expression: crosstalk between cellular and endocrine metabolic regulators suggested by RNA interference and genetic studies. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015; 1:70-81. [PMID: 27347560 PMCID: PMC4915277 DOI: 10.1002/icl3.1019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2015] [Accepted: 02/11/2015] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Uncoupling proteins (UCPs) regulate mitochondrial function, and thus cellular metabolism. Angiotensin‐converting enzyme (ACE) is the central component of endocrine and local tissue renin–angiotensin systems (RAS), which also regulate diverse aspects of whole‐body metabolism and mitochondrial function (partly through altering mitochondrial UCP expression). We show that ACE expression also appears to be regulated by mitochondrial UCPs. In genetic analysis of two unrelated populations (healthy young UK men and Scandinavian diabetic patients) serum ACE (sACE) activity was significantly higher amongst UCP3‐55C (rather than T) and UCP2 I (rather than D) allele carriers. RNA interference against UCP2 in human umbilical vein endothelial cells reduced UCP2 mRNA sixfold (P < 0·01) whilst increasing ACE expression within a physiological range (<1·8‐fold at 48 h; P < 0·01). Our findings suggest novel hypotheses. Firstly, cellular feedback regulation may occur between UCPs and ACE. Secondly, cellular UCP regulation of sACE suggests a novel means of crosstalk between (and mutual regulation of) cellular and endocrine metabolism. This might partly explain the reduced risk of developing diabetes and metabolic syndrome with RAS antagonists and offer insight into the origins of cardiovascular disease in which UCPs and ACE both play a role.
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- Sukhbir S Dhamrait
- Centre for Cardiovascular Genetics, BHF Laboratories University College London London UK; Department of Cardiology Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust West Sussex UK
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- Department of Cardiology, Nephrology and Endocrinology Hillerød Hospital Hillerød Denmark; Faculty of Health Sciences University of Copenhagen Copenhagen Denmark
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- Centre for Cardiovascular Genetics, BHF Laboratories University College London London UK; Department of Cardiology The Whittington Hospital NHS Trust London UK
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- Institute of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology University Hospital of Schleswig-Holstein Kiel Germany
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- Centre for Cardiovascular Genetics, BHF Laboratories University College London London UK; Scottish National Advanced Heart Failure Service Golden Jubilee National Hospital Clydebank UK
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- Royal Centre for Defence Medicine Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham UK
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- Department of Cardiology, Nephrology and Endocrinology Hillerød Hospital Hillerød Denmark; Faculty of Health Sciences University of Copenhagen Copenhagen Denmark
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- Centre for Cardiovascular Genetics, BHF Laboratories University College London London UK
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- UCL and National Centre for Sport, Exercise & Health University College London London UK; UCL Institute for Human Health and Performance University College London London UK
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Skubatz H. Thermoregulation in the appendix of the Sauromatum guttatum (Schott) inflorescence. BOTANICAL STUDIES 2014; 55:68. [PMID: 28510949 PMCID: PMC5430309 DOI: 10.1186/s40529-014-0068-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2014] [Accepted: 08/28/2014] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND Three phenolic compounds are capable of activating the process that simultaneously leads to temperature rise and odor-production in the Sauromatum appendix. These compounds are salicylic acid, aspirin, and 2,6 dihydroxybenzoic acid. The objectives of the present study were to examine the effect of various concentrations of the these inducers on the temperature rise and to study the effect of mitochondrial inhibitors (KCN and SHAM) and an uncoupler (DNP) on the temperature rise. RESULTS In sections of the Sauromatum appendix two successive temperature rate maxima were detected in the presence of the three inducers. Two temperature maxima were also detected in appendices of intact inflorescences. The temperature profiles demonstrated a considerable variability within sections of one appendix in both magnitude and time of reaching a peak. When the Sauromatum temperature decreased it returned either to the same temperature baseline or to a slightly different baseline. The temperature rise was blocked by KCN (20 mM) and SHAM (40 mM) alone or when added together. DNP, an uncoupler, at 2.5 mM also blocked the rise in temperature. The thermogenic inducers also triggered a temperature rise in Arum appendix. CONCLUSIONS The presence of two rate maxima may indicate different heat-generating sources. The blockage of the temperature rise in the presence of KCN or SHAM implies that the activity of the cyanide-resistant and -sensitive pathways is required for generating heat. The variability in temperature profiles maybe related to changes in cellular control factors. This study provides the basis for investigating thermoregulation in plants.
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- Hanna Skubatz
- , 2023 120th Ave NE, Suite S128, Bellevue, 98005, WA, USA.
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Belamkar V, Weeks NT, Bharti AK, Farmer AD, Graham MA, Cannon SB. Comprehensive characterization and RNA-Seq profiling of the HD-Zip transcription factor family in soybean (Glycine max) during dehydration and salt stress. BMC Genomics 2014; 15:950. [PMID: 25362847 PMCID: PMC4226900 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-15-950] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2014] [Accepted: 10/16/2014] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The homeodomain leucine zipper (HD-Zip) transcription factor family is one of the largest plant specific superfamilies, and includes genes with roles in modulation of plant growth and response to environmental stresses. Many HD-Zip genes are characterized in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana), and members of the family are being investigated for abiotic stress responses in rice (Oryza sativa), maize (Zea mays), poplar (Populus trichocarpa) and cucumber (Cucmis sativus). Findings in these species suggest HD-Zip genes as high priority candidates for crop improvement. RESULTS In this study we have identified members of the HD-Zip gene family in soybean cv. 'Williams 82', and characterized their expression under dehydration and salt stress. Homology searches with BLASTP and Hidden Markov Model guided sequence alignments identified 101 HD-Zip genes in the soybean genome. Phylogeny reconstruction coupled with domain and gene structure analyses using soybean, Arabidopsis, rice, grape (Vitis vinifera), and Medicago truncatula homologues enabled placement of these sequences into four previously described subfamilies. Of the 101 HD-Zip genes identified in soybean, 88 exist as whole-genome duplication-derived gene pairs, indicating high retention of these genes following polyploidy in Glycine ~13 Mya. The HD-Zip genes exhibit ubiquitous expression patterns across 24 conditions that include 17 tissues of soybean. An RNA-Seq experiment performed to study differential gene expression at 0, 1, 6 and 12 hr soybean roots under dehydration and salt stress identified 20 differentially expressed (DE) genes. Several of these DE genes are orthologs of genes previously reported to play a role under abiotic stress, implying conservation of HD-Zip gene functions across species. Screening of HD-Zip promoters identified transcription factor binding sites that are overrepresented in the DE genes under both dehydration and salt stress, providing further support for the role of HD-Zip genes in abiotic stress responses. CONCLUSIONS We provide a thorough description of soybean HD-Zip genes, and identify potential candidates with probable roles in dehydration and salt stress. Expression profiles generated for all soybean genes, under dehydration and salt stress, at four time points, will serve as an important resource for the soybean research community, and will aid in understanding plant responses to abiotic stress.
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- Vikas Belamkar
- />Interdepartmental Genetics, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011 USA
- />Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011 USA
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- />United States Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service, Corn Insects and Crop Genetics Research Unit, Ames, IA 50011 USA
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- />National Center for Genome Resources, Santa Fe, NM 87505 USA
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- />National Center for Genome Resources, Santa Fe, NM 87505 USA
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- />Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011 USA
- />United States Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service, Corn Insects and Crop Genetics Research Unit, Ames, IA 50011 USA
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- />Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011 USA
- />United States Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service, Corn Insects and Crop Genetics Research Unit, Ames, IA 50011 USA
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Li Y, Lasar D, Fromme T, Klingenspor M. White, brite, and brown adipocytes: the evolution and function of a heater organ in mammals. CAN J ZOOL 2014. [DOI: 10.1139/cjz-2013-0165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Brown fat is a specialized heater organ in eutherian mammals. In contrast to the energy storage function of white adipocytes, brown adipocytes dissipate nutrient energy by uncoupling of mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation, which depends on uncoupling protein 1 (UCP1). UCP1, as well as UCP2 and UCP3, belong to the family of mitochondrial carriers inserted into the inner mitochondrial membrane for metabolite trafficking between the matrix and the intermembrane space. UCP1 transports protons into the mitochondrial matrix when activated by a rise in free fatty acid levels in the cell. This UCP1-dependant proton leak drives high oxygen consumption rates in the absence of ATP synthesis and dissipates proton motive force as heat. The enormous heating capacity of brown fat is supported by dense vascularization, high rates of tissue perfusion, and high mitochondrial density in brown adipocytes. It has been known for more than 50 years that nonshivering thermogenesis in brown fat serves to maintain body temperature of neonates and small mammals in cold environments, and is used by hibernators for arousal from torpor. It has been speculated that the development of brown fat as a new source for nonshivering thermogenesis provided mammals with a unique advantage for survival in the cold. Indeed brown fat and UCP1 is found in ancient groups of mammals, like the afrotherians and marsupials. In the latter, however, the thermogenic function of UCP1 and brown fat has not been demonstrated as of yet. Notably, orthologs of all three mammalian UCP genes are also present in the genomes of bony fishes and in amphibians. Molecular phylogeny reveals a striking increase in the substitution rate of UCP1 between marsupial and eutherian lineages. At present, it seems that UCP1 only gained thermogenic function in brown adipocytes of eutherian mammals, whereas the function of UCP1 and that of the other UCPs in ectotherms remains to be identified. Evolution of thermogenic function required expression of UCP1 in a brown-adipocyte-like cell equipped with high mitochondrial density embedded in a well-vascularized tissue. Brown-adipocyte-like cells in white adipose tissue, called “brite” (brown-in-white) or “beige” adipocytes, emerge during adipogenesis and in response to cold exposure in anatomically distinct adipose tissue depots of juvenile and adult rodents. These brite adipocytes may resemble the archetypical brown adipocyte in vertebrate evolution. It is therefore of interest to elucidate the molecular mechanisms of brite adipocyte differentiation, study the bioenergetic properties of these cells, and search for the presence of related brown-adipocyte-like cells in nonmammalian vertebrates.
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- Yongguo Li
- Chair for Molecular Nutritional Medicine, Technische Universität München (TUM), Else Kröner-Fresenius Center for Nutritional Medicine & Z I E L – Research Center for Nutrition and Food Sciences, Gregor-Mendel-Straße 2, 85350 Freising – Weihenstephan, Germany
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- Chair for Molecular Nutritional Medicine, Technische Universität München (TUM), Else Kröner-Fresenius Center for Nutritional Medicine & Z I E L – Research Center for Nutrition and Food Sciences, Gregor-Mendel-Straße 2, 85350 Freising – Weihenstephan, Germany
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- Chair for Molecular Nutritional Medicine, Technische Universität München (TUM), Else Kröner-Fresenius Center for Nutritional Medicine & Z I E L – Research Center for Nutrition and Food Sciences, Gregor-Mendel-Straße 2, 85350 Freising – Weihenstephan, Germany
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- Chair for Molecular Nutritional Medicine, Technische Universität München (TUM), Else Kröner-Fresenius Center for Nutritional Medicine & Z I E L – Research Center for Nutrition and Food Sciences, Gregor-Mendel-Straße 2, 85350 Freising – Weihenstephan, Germany
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Alves-Bezerra M, Cosentino-Gomes D, Vieira LP, Rocco-Machado N, Gondim KC, Meyer-Fernandes JR. Identification of uncoupling protein 4 from the blood-sucking insect Rhodnius prolixus and its possible role on protection against oxidative stress. INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2014; 50:24-33. [PMID: 24746771 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2014.03.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2013] [Revised: 03/14/2014] [Accepted: 03/24/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Uncoupling proteins (UCPs) play a critical role in the control of the mitochondrial membrane potential (ΔΨm) due to their ability to dissipate the proton gradient, which results in the uncoupling of mitochondrial respiration from ATP production. Most reactive oxygen species generation in mitochondria occurs in complex III, due to an increase of semiquinone (Q(-)) half-life. When active, UCPs can account as a potential antioxidant system by decreasing ΔΨm and increasing mitochondrial respiration, thus reducing Q(-) life time. The hematophagous insect Rhodnius prolixus, a vector of Chagas disease, is exposed to a huge increase in oxidative stress after a blood meal because of the hydrolysis of hemoglobin and the release of the cytotoxic heme molecule. Although some protective mechanisms were already described for this insect and other hematophagous arthropods, the putative role of UCP proteins as antioxidants in this context has not been explored. In this report, two genes encoding UCP proteins (RpUcp4 and RpUcp5) were identified in the R. prolixus genome. RpUcp4 is the predominant transcript in most analyzed organs, and both mRNA and protein expression are upregulated (13- and 3-fold increase, respectively) in enterocytes the first day after the blood feeding. The increase in UCP4 expression is coincident with the decrease in hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) generation by midgut cells. Furthermore, in mitochondria isolated from enterocytes, the modulation of UCP activity by palmitic acid and GDP resulted in altered ΔΨm, as well as modulation of H2O2 generation rates. These results indicate that R. prolixus UCP4 may function in an antioxidation mechanism to protect the midgut cells against oxidative damage caused by blood digestion.
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- Michele Alves-Bezerra
- Instituto de Bioquímica Médica Leopoldo de Meis, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Instituto de Bioquímica Médica Leopoldo de Meis, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Instituto de Bioquímica Médica Leopoldo de Meis, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Instituto de Bioquímica Médica Leopoldo de Meis, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Instituto de Bioquímica Médica Leopoldo de Meis, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia em Entomologia Molecular, Brazil
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- Instituto de Bioquímica Médica Leopoldo de Meis, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia de Biologia Estrutural e Bioimagem, Brazil.
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Trono D, Laus MN, Soccio M, Pastore D. Transport pathways--proton motive force interrelationship in durum wheat mitochondria. Int J Mol Sci 2014; 15:8186-215. [PMID: 24821541 PMCID: PMC4057727 DOI: 10.3390/ijms15058186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2014] [Revised: 04/18/2014] [Accepted: 04/24/2014] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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In durum wheat mitochondria (DWM) the ATP-inhibited plant mitochondrial potassium channel (PmitoK(ATP)) and the plant uncoupling protein (PUCP) are able to strongly reduce the proton motive force (pmf) to control mitochondrial production of reactive oxygen species; under these conditions, mitochondrial carriers lack the driving force for transport and should be inactive. However, unexpectedly, DWM uncoupling by PmitoK(ATP) neither impairs the exchange of ADP for ATP nor blocks the inward transport of Pi and succinate. This uptake may occur via the plant inner membrane anion channel (PIMAC), which is physiologically inhibited by membrane potential, but unlocks its activity in de-energized mitochondria. Probably, cooperation between PIMAC and carriers may accomplish metabolite movement across the inner membrane under both energized and de-energized conditions. PIMAC may also cooperate with PmitoK(ATP) to transport ammonium salts in DWM. Interestingly, this finding may trouble classical interpretation of in vitro mitochondrial swelling; instead of free passage of ammonia through the inner membrane and proton symport with Pi, that trigger metabolite movements via carriers, transport of ammonium via PmitoK(ATP) and that of the counteranion via PIMAC may occur. Here, we review properties, modulation and function of the above reported DWM channels and carriers to shed new light on the control that they exert on pmf and vice-versa.
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- Daniela Trono
- Consiglio per la Ricerca e la sperimentazione in Agricoltura, Centro di Ricerca per la Cerealicoltura, S.S. 673 Km 25, 71122 Foggia, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, degli Alimenti e dell'Ambiente, Università di Foggia, Via Napoli 25, 71122 Foggia, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, degli Alimenti e dell'Ambiente, Università di Foggia, Via Napoli 25, 71122 Foggia, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, degli Alimenti e dell'Ambiente, Università di Foggia, Via Napoli 25, 71122 Foggia, Italy.
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Donadelli M, Dando I, Fiorini C, Palmieri M. UCP2, a mitochondrial protein regulated at multiple levels. Cell Mol Life Sci 2014; 71:1171-90. [PMID: 23807210 PMCID: PMC11114077 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-013-1407-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2013] [Revised: 05/16/2013] [Accepted: 06/10/2013] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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An ever-increasing number of studies highlight the role of uncoupling protein 2 (UCP2) in a broad range of physiological and pathological processes. The knowledge of the molecular mechanisms of UCP2 regulation is becoming fundamental in both the comprehension of UCP2-related physiological events and the identification of novel therapeutic strategies based on UCP2 modulation. The study of UCP2 regulation is a fast-moving field. Recently, several research groups have made a great effort to thoroughly understand the various molecular mechanisms at the basis of UCP2 regulation. In this review, we describe novel findings concerning events that can occur in a concerted manner at various levels: Ucp2 gene mutation (single nucleotide polymorphisms), UCP2 mRNA and protein expression (transcriptional, translational, and protein turn-over regulation), UCP2 proton conductance (ligands and post-transcriptional modifications), and nutritional and pharmacological regulation of UCP2.
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- Massimo Donadelli
- Section of Biochemistry, Deparment of Life and Reproduction Sciences, University of Verona, Strada Le Grazie 8, 37134, Verona, Italy,
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Chung-Davidson YW, Priess MC, Yeh CY, Brant CO, Johnson NS, Li K, Nanlohy KG, Bryan MB, Brown CT, Choi J, Li W. A thermogenic secondary sexual character in male sea lamprey. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014; 216:2702-12. [PMID: 23804672 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.085746] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Secondary sexual characters in animals are exaggerated ornaments or weapons for intrasexual competition. Unexpectedly, we found that a male secondary sexual character in sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) is a thermogenic adipose tissue that instantly increases its heat production during sexual encounters. This secondary sexual character, developed in front of the anterior dorsal fin of mature males, is a swollen dorsal ridge known as the 'rope' tissue. It contains nerve bundles, multivacuolar adipocytes and interstitial cells packed with small lipid droplets and mitochondria with dense and highly organized cristae. The fatty acid composition of the rope tissue is rich in unsaturated fatty acids. The cytochrome c oxidase activity is high but the ATP concentration is very low in the mitochondria of the rope tissue compared with those of the gill and muscle tissues. The rope tissue temperature immediately rose up to 0.3°C when the male encountered a conspecific. Mature males generated more heat in the rope and muscle tissues when presented with a mature female than when presented with a male (paired t-test, P<0.05). On average, the rope generated 0.027±0.013 W cm(-3) more heat than the muscle in 10 min. Transcriptome analyses revealed that genes involved in fat cell differentiation are upregulated whereas those involved in oxidative-phosphorylation-coupled ATP synthesis are downregulated in the rope tissue compared with the gill and muscle tissues. Sexually mature male sea lamprey possess the only known thermogenic secondary sexual character that shows differential heat generation toward individual conspecifics.
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- Yu-Wen Chung-Davidson
- Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
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Craig PM, Massarsky A, Moon TW. Understanding glucose uptake during methionine deprivation in incubated rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) hepatocytes using a non-radioactive method. Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol 2013; 166:23-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2013.06.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2013] [Revised: 06/11/2013] [Accepted: 06/17/2013] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Identification and characterization of uncoupling protein 4 in fat body and muscle mitochondria from the cockroach Gromphadorhina cocquereliana. J Bioenerg Biomembr 2011; 43:717-27. [PMID: 21997226 DOI: 10.1007/s10863-011-9385-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2011] [Accepted: 09/13/2011] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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We have identified and characterized an uncoupling protein in mitochondria isolated from leg muscle and from fat body, an insect analogue tissue of mammalian liver and adipose tissue, of the cockroach Gromphadorhina coquereliana (GcUCP). This is the first functional characterization of UCP activity in isolated insect mitochondria. Bioenergetic studies clearly indicate UCP function in both insect tissues. In resting (non-phosphorylating) mitochondria, cockroach GcUCP activity was stimulated by the addition of micromolar concentrations of palmitic acid and inhibited by the purine nucleotide GTP. Moreover, in phosphorylating mitochondria, GcUCP activity was able to divert energy from oxidative phosphorylation. Functional studies indicate a higher activity of GcUCP-mediated uncoupling in cockroach muscle mitochondria compared to fat body mitochondria. GcUCP activation by palmitic acid resulted in a decrease in superoxide anion production, suggesting that protection against mitochondrial oxidative stress may be a physiological role of UCPs in insects. GcUCP protein was immunodetected using antibodies raised against human UCP4 as a single band of around 36 kDa. GcUCP protein expression in cockroach muscle mitochondria was significantly higher compared to mitochondria isolated from fat body. LC-MS/MS analyses revealed 100% sequence identities for peptides obtained from GcUCP to UCP4 isoforms from D. melanogaster (the highest homology), human, rat or other insect mitochondria. Therefore, it can be proposed that cockroach GcUCP corresponds to the UCP4 isoforms of other animals.
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Begcy K, Mariano ED, Mattiello L, Nunes AV, Mazzafera P, Maia IG, Menossi M. An Arabidopsis mitochondrial uncoupling protein confers tolerance to drought and salt stress in transgenic tobacco plants. PLoS One 2011; 6:e23776. [PMID: 21912606 PMCID: PMC3166057 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0023776] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2010] [Accepted: 07/26/2011] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Plants are challenged by a large number of environmental stresses that reduce productivity and even cause death. Both chloroplasts and mitochondria produce reactive oxygen species under normal conditions; however, stress causes an imbalance in these species that leads to deviations from normal cellular conditions and a variety of toxic effects. Mitochondria have uncoupling proteins (UCPs) that uncouple electron transport from ATP synthesis. There is evidence that UCPs play a role in alleviating stress caused by reactive oxygen species overproduction. However, direct evidence that UCPs protect plants from abiotic stress is lacking. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS Tolerances to salt and water deficit were analyzed in transgenic tobacco plants that overexpress a UCP (AtUCP1) from Arabidopsis thaliana. Seeds of AtUCP1 transgenic lines germinated faster, and adult plants showed better responses to drought and salt stress than wild-type (WT) plants. These phenotypes correlated with increased water retention and higher gas exchange parameters in transgenic plants that overexpress AtUCP1. WT plants exhibited increased respiration under stress, while transgenic plants were only slightly affected. Furthermore, the transgenic plants showed reduced accumulation of hydrogen peroxide in stressed leaves compared with WT plants. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE Higher levels of AtUCP1 improved tolerance to multiple abiotic stresses, and this protection was correlated with lower oxidative stress. Our data support previous assumptions that UCPs reduce the imbalance of reactive oxygen species. Our data also suggest that UCPs may play a role in stomatal closure, which agrees with other evidence of a direct relationship between these proteins and photosynthesis. Manipulation of the UCP protein expression in mitochondria is a new avenue for crop improvement and may lead to crops with greater tolerance for challenging environmental conditions.
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- Kevin Begcy
- Laboratório de Genoma Funcional, Departamento de Genética, Evolução e Bioagentes, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Genoma Funcional, Departamento de Genética, Evolução e Bioagentes, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Genoma Funcional, Departamento de Genética, Evolução e Bioagentes, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, Brazil
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- Departamento de Genética, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Botucatu, Brazil
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- Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, Brazil
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- Departamento de Genética, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Botucatu, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Genoma Funcional, Departamento de Genética, Evolução e Bioagentes, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, Brazil
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Ramadan W, Marsili A, Larsen PR, Zavacki AM, Silva JE. Type-2 iodothyronine 5'deiodinase (D2) in skeletal muscle of C57Bl/6 mice. II. Evidence for a role of D2 in the hypermetabolism of thyroid hormone receptor alpha-deficient mice. Endocrinology 2011; 152:3093-102. [PMID: 21652727 PMCID: PMC3138235 DOI: 10.1210/en.2011-0139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2011] [Accepted: 05/06/2011] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Mice with ablation of the Thra gene have cold intolerance due to an as yet undefined defect in the activation of brown adipose tissue (BAT) uncoupling protein (UCP). They develop an alternate form of facultative thermogenesis, activated at temperatures below thermoneutrality and associated with hypermetabolism and reduced sensitivity to diet-induced obesity. A consistent finding in Thra-0/0 mice is increased type-2 iodothyronine deiodinase (D2) mRNA in skeletal muscle and other tissues. With an improved assay to measure D2 activity, we show here that this enzyme activity is increased in proportion to the mRNA and as a function of the ambient cold. The activation is mediated by the sympathetic nervous system in Thra-0/0, as it is in wild-type genotype mice, but the sympathetic nervous system effect is greater in Thra-0/0 mice. Using D2-ablated mice (Dio2-/-), we reported elsewhere and show here that, in spite of sharing a severe deficiency in BAT thermogenesis with Thra-0/0 and UCP1-knockout mice, they do not have an increase in oxygen consumption, and they gain more weight than wild-type controls when fed a high-fat diet. UCP3 mRNA is highly responsive to thyroid hormone, and it is increased in Thra-0/0 mice, particularly when fed high-fat diets. We show here that muscle UCP3 mRNA in hypothyroid Thra-0/0 mice is responsive to small dose-short regimens of T(4), indicating a role for locally, D2-generated T(3). Lastly, we show that bile acids stimulate not only BAT but also muscle D2 activity, and this is associated with stimulation of muscle UCP3 mRNA expression provided T(4) is present. These observations strongly support the concept that enhanced D2 activity in Thra-0/0 plays a critical role in their alternate form of facultative thermogenesis, stimulating increased fat oxidation by increasing local T(3) generation in skeletal muscle.
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- W Ramadan
- Baystate Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Springfield, Massachusetts 01199, USA
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Smorodchenko A, Rupprecht A, Fuchs J, Gross J, Pohl EE. Role of mitochondrial uncoupling protein 4 in rat inner ear. Mol Cell Neurosci 2011; 47:244-53. [PMID: 21397696 DOI: 10.1016/j.mcn.2011.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2010] [Revised: 03/03/2011] [Accepted: 03/03/2011] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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The uncoupling protein 4 (UCP4) belongs to the mitochondrial anion transporter family. Protein tissue distribution and functions are still a matter of debate. Using an antibody we have previously shown that UCP4 appears in neurons and to a lesser extent in astrocytes of murine neuronal tissue as early as days 12-14 of embryonic development (Smorodchenko et al., 2009). Here we demonstrated for the first time that neurosensory cells such as hair cells of the inner ear and mechanosensitive Merkel cells in skin also express a significant amount of UCP4. We tested the hypothesis about whether UCP4 contributes to the regulation of oxidative stress using the model of oxygen deprivation. For this we compared the protein expression level in freshly isolated explants of organ of Corti, modiolus and stria vascularis from neonatal rats with explants cultured under hypoxia. Western blot analysis revealed that the UCP4 level was not increased under hypoxic conditions, when compared to the mitochondrial outer membrane protein VDAC or to the anti-oxidative enzyme SOD2. We moreover demonstrated that UCP4 expression is differently regulated during postnatal stages and is region-specific. We hypothesized that UCP4 may play an important role in functional maturation of the rat inner ear.
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- Alina Smorodchenko
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria
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Zhu Y, Lu J, Wang J, Chen F, Leng F, Li H. Regulation of thermogenesis in plants: the interaction of alternative oxidase and plant uncoupling mitochondrial protein. JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE PLANT BIOLOGY 2011; 53:7-13. [PMID: 21205176 DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7909.2010.01004.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Thermogenesis is a process of heat production in living organisms. It is rare in plants, but it does occur in some species of angiosperm. The heat is generated via plant mitochondrial respiration. As possible involvement in thermogenesis of mitochondrial factors, alternative oxidases (AOXs) and plant uncoupling mitochondrial proteins (PUMPs) have been well studied. AOXs and PUMPs are ubiquitously present in the inner membrane of plant mitochondria. They serve as two major energy dissipation systems that balance mitochondrial respiration and uncoupled phosphorylation by dissipating the H+ redox energy and proton electrochemical gradient (ΔμH+) as heat, respectively. AOXs and PUMPs exert similar physiological functions during homeothermic heat production in thermogenic plants. AOXs have five isoforms, while PUMPs have six. Both AOXs and PUMPs are encoded by small nuclear multigene families. Multiple isoforms are expressed in different tissues or organs. Extensive studies have been done in the area of thermogenesis in higher plants. In this review, we focus on the involvement and regulation of AOXs and PUMPs in thermogenesis.
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- Yan Zhu
- MOE Key Laboratory of Arid and Grassland Ecology, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
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Kuai XY, Li ZY, Zhang HJ. Clinical significance of mitochondrial uncoupling protein 2 expression in colon cancer. Shijie Huaren Xiaohua Zazhi 2010; 18:2202-2208. [DOI: 10.11569/wcjd.v18.i21.2202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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AIM: To detect the distribution and expression of uncoupling protein 2 (UCP2) and to analyze its relationship with clinicopathological parameters in colon cancer.
METHODS: The distribution of UCP2 in colon cancer, colon adenoma, colon hyperplastic polyps and normal colon tissue was detected by immunohistochemistry. The expression of UCP2 mRNA and protein in colon cancer and tumor-adjacent normal tissue was detected by quantitative RT-PCR and Western blot, respectively. The relationship between UCP2 expression and clinicopathological parameters in colon cancer was then analyzed.
RESULTS: Quantitative RT-PCR and Western blot analyses showed that the expression levels of UCP2 mRNA and protein in cancer tissue were about 4- and 3-fold higher than those in tumor-adjacent normal colon tissue, respectively. UCP2 was mainly localized in the cytoplasm compartment in cancer tissue, but was almost undetectable in normal colon mucosa. The positive rates of UCP2 expression in colon adenocarcinoma, colon adenoma and hyperplastic colonic polyps were 85.9%, 55% and 20%, respectively. The expression level of UCP2 in patients with stage III/IV colon cancer was significantly higher than that in patients with stage I/ II disease. The positive rate of UCP2 expression was higher in colon cancer patients with metastasis than in those without metastasis.
CONCLUSION: The expression level of UCP2 is higher in colon cancer than in normal colon tissue. UCP2 may be involved in tumor progression and metastasis in colon cancer.
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Barnstable CJ. Mitochondria and the regulation of free radical damage in the eye. J Ocul Biol Dis Infor 2009; 2:145-148. [PMID: 20046847 PMCID: PMC2798985 DOI: 10.1007/s12177-009-9036-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2009] [Accepted: 09/03/2009] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Neuronal cell death can be determined by the overall level of reactive oxygen species (ROS) resulting from the combination of extrinsic sources and intrinsic production as a byproduct of oxidative phosphorylation. Key controllers of the intrinsic production of ROS are the mitochondrial uncoupling proteins (UCPs). By allowing a controlled leak of protons across the inner mitochondrial membrane activation of these proteins can decrease ROS and promote cell survival. In both primate models of Parkinson's disease and mouse models of seizures, increased activity of UCP2 significantly increased neuronal cells survival. In the retina UCP2 is expressed in many neurons and glial cells, but was not detected in rod photoreceptors. Retinal ganglion cell survival following excitotoxic damage was much greater in animals overexpressing UCP2. Traditional Chinese medicines, such as an extract of Cistanche tubulosa, may provide benefit by altering mitochondrial metabolism.
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- Colin J. Barnstable
- Department of Neural and Behavioral Sciences, Penn State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA 17033 USA
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Smorodchenko A, Rupprecht A, Sarilova I, Ninnemann O, Bräuer AU, Franke K, Schumacher S, Techritz S, Nitsch R, Schuelke M, Pohl EE. Comparative analysis of uncoupling protein 4 distribution in various tissues under physiological conditions and during development. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2009; 1788:2309-19. [PMID: 19646951 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2009.07.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2009] [Revised: 07/21/2009] [Accepted: 07/23/2009] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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UCP4 is a member of the mitochondrial uncoupling protein subfamily and one of the three UCPs (UCP2, UCP4, UCP5), associated with the nervous system. Its putative functions include thermogenesis, attenuation of reactive oxidative species (ROS), regulation of mitochondrial calcium concentration and involvement in cell differentiation and apoptosis. Here we investigate UCP4's subcellular, cellular and tissue distribution, using an antibody designed specially for this study, and discuss the findings in terms of the protein's possible functions. Western blot and immunohistochemistry data confirmed that UCP4 is expressed predominantly in the central nervous system (CNS), as previously shown at mRNA level. No protein was found in heart, spleen, stomach, intestine, lung, thymus, muscles, adrenal gland, testis and liver. The reports revealing UCP4 mRNA in kidney and white adipose tissue were not confirmed at protein level. The amount of UCP4 varies in the mitochondria of different brain regions, with the highest protein content found in cortex. We show that UCP4 is present in fetal murine brain tissue as early as embryonic days 12-14 (E12-E14), which coincides with the beginning of neuronal differentiation. The UCP4 content in mitochondria decreases as the age of mice increases. UCP4 preferential expression in neurons and its developmental expression pattern under physiological conditions may indicate a specific protein function, e.g. in neuronal cell differentiation.
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- Alina Smorodchenko
- Institute of Cell Biology and Neurobiology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany
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Ying YLM, Balaban CD. Regional distribution of manganese superoxide dismutase 2 (Mn SOD2) expression in rodent and primate spiral ganglion cells. Hear Res 2009; 253:116-24. [PMID: 19376215 DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2009.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2009] [Revised: 04/02/2009] [Accepted: 04/02/2009] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Manganese superoxide dismutase 2 (SOD2) is a key metabolic anti-oxidant enzyme for detoxifying free radicals inside mitochondria. This study documents a gradient in expression of SOD2 by spiral ganglion cells in basal versus apical turn of cochlea that is consistent with differential vulnerability of high frequency hearing to free radical damage. Immunohistochemical methods were used to identify distribution of SOD2 in temporal bone sections from mice, rats, macaques, and humans. In mice and rats, both the proportion of SOD2 immunopositive type 1 spiral ganglion cells and the intensity of immunoreactivity were elevated near cochlear apex. In macaques and humans, the proportion of SO2 immunopositive spiral ganglion cells was equal across cochlear turn, but the intensity of immunoreactivity remained highest for ganglion cells near cochlear apex. Strong SOD2 immunoreactivity was also observed in human type 1 spiral ganglion cells. The average area density of SOD2 immunoreactivity in ganglion cells for each species and cochlear turn showed an allometric relationship with body weight, which is consistent with a conserved basal metabolic characteristic. These findings suggest that spiral ganglion cell responses to ROS exposure may vary along cochlear spiral with lower response capacity at cochlear base contributing to cumulative susceptibility to high frequency hearing loss.
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- Yu-Lan Mary Ying
- Department of Otolaryngology, University of Pittsburgh, 200 Lothrop Street, Suite # 500, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
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Mutational analysis of Arabidopsis thaliana plant uncoupling mitochondrial protein. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2007; 1767:1412-7. [PMID: 17980348 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2007.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2007] [Revised: 09/05/2007] [Accepted: 09/20/2007] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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In this study, point mutations were introduced in plant uncoupling mitochondrial protein AtUCP1, a typical member of the plant uncoupling protein (UCP) gene subfamily, in amino acid residues Lys147, Arg155 and Tyr269, located inside the so-called UCP-signatures, and in two more residues, Cys28 and His83, specific for plant UCPs. The effects of amino acid replacements on AtUCP1 biochemical properties were examined using reconstituted proteoliposomes. Residue Arg155 appears to be crucial for AtUCP1 affinity to linoleic acid (LA) whereas His83 plays an important role in AtUCP1 transport activity. Residues Cys28, Lys147, and also Tyr269 are probably essential for correct protein function, as their substitutions affected either the AtUCP1 affinity to LA and its transport activity, or sensitivity to inhibitors (purine nucleotides). Interestingly, Cys28 substitution reduced ATP inhibitory effect on AtUCP1, while Tyr269Phe mutant exhibited 2.8-fold increase in sensitivity to ATP, in accordance with the reverse mutation Phe267Tyr of mammalian UCP1.
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Choi CS, Fillmore JJ, Kim JK, Liu ZX, Kim S, Collier EF, Kulkarni A, Distefano A, Hwang YJ, Kahn M, Chen Y, Yu C, Moore IK, Reznick RM, Higashimori T, Shulman GI. Overexpression of uncoupling protein 3 in skeletal muscle protects against fat-induced insulin resistance. J Clin Invest 2007; 117:1995-2003. [PMID: 17571165 PMCID: PMC1888566 DOI: 10.1172/jci13579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 146] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2001] [Accepted: 04/24/2007] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Insulin resistance is a major factor in the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes and is strongly associated with obesity. Increased concentrations of intracellular fatty acid metabolites have been postulated to interfere with insulin signaling by activation of a serine kinase cascade involving PKCtheta in skeletal muscle. Uncoupling protein 3 (UCP3) has been postulated to dissipate the mitochondrial proton gradient and cause metabolic inefficiency. We therefore hypothesized that overexpression of UCP3 in skeletal muscle might protect against fat-induced insulin resistance in muscle by conversion of intramyocellular fat into thermal energy. Wild-type mice fed a high-fat diet were markedly insulin resistant, a result of defects in insulin-stimulated glucose uptake in skeletal muscle and hepatic insulin resistance. Insulin resistance in these tissues was associated with reduced insulin-stimulated insulin receptor substrate 1- (IRS-1-) and IRS-2-associated PI3K activity in muscle and liver, respectively. In contrast, UCP3-overexpressing mice were completely protected against fat-induced defects in insulin signaling and action in these tissues. Furthermore, these changes were associated with a lower membrane-to-cytosolic ratio of diacylglycerol and reduced PKCtheta activity in whole-body fat-matched UCP3 transgenic mice. These results suggest that increasing mitochondrial uncoupling in skeletal muscle may be an excellent therapeutic target for type 2 diabetes mellitus.
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- Cheol Soo Choi
- Department of Internal Medicine,
Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, and
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine,
Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, and
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine,
Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, and
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine,
Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, and
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine,
Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, and
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine,
Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, and
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine,
Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, and
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine,
Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, and
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine,
Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, and
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine,
Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, and
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine,
Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, and
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine,
Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, and
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine,
Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, and
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine,
Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, and
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine,
Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, and
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine,
Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, and
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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Ito K, Matsukawa K, Kato Y. Functional analysis of skunk cabbage SfUCPB, a unique uncoupling protein lacking the fifth transmembrane domain, in yeast cells. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2006; 349:383-90. [PMID: 16935264 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2006.08.058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2006] [Accepted: 08/11/2006] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Skunk cabbage, Symplocarpus foetidus, expresses two uncoupling proteins (UCPs), termed SfUCPA and SfUCPB, in the thermogenic organ spadix. SfUCPB exhibits unique structural features characterized by the absence of the putative fifth transmembrane domain (TM5) observed in SfUCPA, which is structurally similar to UCP1, and is abundantly expressed in the thermogenic spadix. Here, we conducted a series of comparative analyses of UCPs with six transmembrane domains, SfUCPA and rat UCP1, and TM5-deficient SfUCPB, using a heterologous yeast expression system. All UCPs were successfully expressed and targeted to the mitochondria, although the expression level of SfUCPB protein was approximately 10% of rat UCP1. The growth rate, mitochondrial membrane potential, and ATP content were significantly lower in cells expressing SfUCPB than in those expressing rat UCP1 and SfUCPA. These results suggest that SfUCPB, a novel TM5-deficient UCP, acts as an uncoupling protein in yeast cells.
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- Kikukatsu Ito
- Cryobiosystem Research Center, Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, Morioka, Iwate 020-8550, Japan.
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Coulibaly I, Gahr SA, Palti Y, Yao J, Rexroad CE. Genomic structure and expression of uncoupling protein 2 genes in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). BMC Genomics 2006; 7:203. [PMID: 16899121 PMCID: PMC1559616 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-7-203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2005] [Accepted: 08/09/2006] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Background Uncoupling protein 2 (UCP2) belongs to the superfamily of mitochondrial anion carriers that dissociate the respiratory chain from ATP synthesis. It has been determined that UCP2 plays a role in several physiological processes such as energy expenditure, body weight control and fatty acid metabolism in several vertebrate species. We report the first characterization of UCP2s in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Results Two UCP2 genes were identified in the rainbow trout genome, UCP2A and UCP2B. These genes are 93% similar in their predicted amino acid sequences and display the same genomic structure as other vertebrates (8 exons and 7 introns) spanning 4.2 kb and 3.2 kb, respectively. UCP2A and UCP2B were widely expressed in all tissues of the study with a predominant level in macrophage-rich tissues and reproductive organs. In fry muscle we observed an increase in UCP2B expression in response to fasting and a decrease after refeeding in agreement with previous studies in human, mouse, rat, and marsupials. The converse expression pattern was observed for UCP2A mRNA which decreased during fasting, suggesting different metabolic roles for UCP2A and UCP2B in rainbow trout muscle. Phylogenetic analysis including other genes from the UCP core family located rainbow trout UCP2A and UCP2B with their orthologs and suggested an early divergence of vertebrate UCPs from a common ancestor gene. Conclusion We characterized two UCP2 genes in rainbow trout with similar genomic structures, amino acid sequences and distribution profiles. These genes appeared to be differentially regulated in response to fasting and refeeding in fry muscle. The genomic organization and phylogeny analysis support the hypothesis of a common ancestry between the vertebrate UCPs.
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- Issa Coulibaly
- West Virginia University, Animal and Veterinary Sciences Division, Po Box 6108, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA
- National Center for Cool and Cold Water Aquaculture, USDA-ARS, Leetown, WV 25430, USA
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- National Center for Cool and Cold Water Aquaculture, USDA-ARS, Leetown, WV 25430, USA
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- National Center for Cool and Cold Water Aquaculture, USDA-ARS, Leetown, WV 25430, USA
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- West Virginia University, Animal and Veterinary Sciences Division, Po Box 6108, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA
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- National Center for Cool and Cold Water Aquaculture, USDA-ARS, Leetown, WV 25430, USA
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Cannon B, Shabalina IG, Kramarova TV, Petrovic N, Nedergaard J. Uncoupling proteins: a role in protection against reactive oxygen species--or not? BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2006; 1757:449-58. [PMID: 16806053 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2006.05.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 134] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2006] [Revised: 04/28/2006] [Accepted: 05/10/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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A physiological function of the original uncoupling protein, UCP1, is well established: UCP1 is the molecular background for nonshivering thermogenesis. The functions of the "novel" UCPs, UCP2 and UCP3, are still not established. Recent discussions imply that all UCPs may play a role in protection against reactive oxygen species (ROS). Here we examine critically the evidence that UCP1, UCP2 and UCP3 are stimulated by ROS (superoxide) or ROS products (4-hydroxy-2-nonenal), and that the UCPs actually diminish oxidative damage. We conclude that, concerning UCP1, it is unlikely that it has such a role; concerning UCP2/UCP3, most evidence for physiologically significant roles in this respect is still circumstantial.
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- Barbara Cannon
- The Wenner-Gren Institute, The Arrhenius Laboratories F3, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden.
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Increased heat generation from biological processes is inherent to homeothermy. Homeothermic species produce more heat from sustaining a more active metabolism as well as from reducing fuel efficiency. This article reviews the mechanisms used by homeothermic species to generate more heat and their regulation largely by thyroid hormone (TH) and the sympathetic nervous system (SNS). Thermogenic mechanisms antecede homeothermy, but in homeothermic species they are activated and regulated. Some of these mechanisms increase ATP utilization (same amount of heat per ATP), whereas others increase the heat resulting from aerobic ATP synthesis (more heat per ATP). Among the former, ATP utilization in the maintenance of ionic gradient through membranes seems quantitatively more important, particularly in birds. Regulated reduction of the proton-motive force to produce heat, originally believed specific to brown adipose tissue, is indeed an ancient thermogenic mechanism. A regulated proton leak has been described in the mitochondria of several tissues, but its precise mechanism remains undefined. This leak is more active in homeothermic species and is regulated by TH, explaining a significant fraction of its thermogenic effect. Homeothermic species generate additional heat, in a facultative manner, when obligatory thermogenesis and heat-saving mechanisms become limiting. Facultative thermogenesis is activated by the SNS but is modulated by TH. The type II iodothyronine deiodinase plays a critical role in modulating the amount of the active TH, T(3), in BAT, thereby modulating the responses to SNS. Other hormones affect thermogenesis in an indirect or permissive manner, providing fuel and modulating thermogenesis depending on food availability, but they do not seem to have a primary role in temperature homeostasis. Thermogenesis has a very high energy cost. Cold adaptation and food availability may have been conflicting selection pressures accounting for the variability of thermogenesis in humans.
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- J Enrique Silva
- Baystate Medical Education and Research Foundation, Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Baystate Medical Center, Tufts University Medical School, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA.
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Zhang M, Wang B, Ni YH, Liu F, Fei L, Pan XQ, Guo M, Chen RH, Guo XR. Overexpression of uncoupling protein 4 promotes proliferation and inhibits apoptosis and differentiation of preadipocytes. Life Sci 2006; 79:1428-35. [PMID: 16716360 DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2006.04.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2006] [Revised: 04/12/2006] [Accepted: 04/13/2006] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Uncoupling proteins are a family of mitochondrial proteins involved in energy metabolism. We previously showed that uncoupling protein 4 (UCP4) is differentially expressed in omental adipose tissue in diet-induced obese and normal rats. However, the effect of UCP4 on adipocytes is unclear. In this work, we established a stable preadipocyte cell line overexpressing UCP4 to observe the direct effect of UCP4 on adipocytes. Cells overexpressing UCP4 showed significantly attenuated differentiation of preadipocytes into adipocytes. During differentiation, expression of adipogenesis-associated markers such as fatty acid synthetase, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma, CCAAT enhancer binding protein alpha, adipocyte lipid binding protein and lipoprotein lipase were downregulated. Preadipoctes expressing UCP4 grew faster and more of them stayed in S phase compared to control cells. In addition, UCP4 overexpression protected preadipocytes from apoptosis induced by serum deprivation. Our results demonstrate that overexpression of UCP4 can promote proliferation and inhibit apoptosis and differentiation of preadipocytes.
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- Min Zhang
- Department of Pediatrics, Nanjing Maternity and Child Health Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, 210004 Nanjing, China
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Borecky J, Nogueira FTS, de Oliveira KAP, Maia IG, Vercesi AE, Arruda P. The plant energy-dissipating mitochondrial systems: depicting the genomic structure and the expression profiles of the gene families of uncoupling protein and alternative oxidase in monocots and dicots. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2006; 57:849-64. [PMID: 16473895 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erj070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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The simultaneous existence of alternative oxidases and uncoupling proteins in plants has raised the question as to why plants need two energy-dissipating systems with apparently similar physiological functions. A probably complete plant uncoupling protein gene family is described and the expression profiles of this family compared with the multigene family of alternative oxidases in Arabidopsis thaliana and sugarcane (Saccharum sp.) employed as dicot and monocot models, respectively. In total, six uncoupling protein genes, AtPUMP1-6, were recognized within the Arabidopsis genome and five (SsPUMP1-5) in a sugarcane EST database. The recombinant AtPUMP5 protein displayed similar biochemical properties as AtPUMP1. Sugarcane possessed four Arabidopsis AOx1-type orthologues (SsAOx1a-1d); no sugarcane orthologue corresponding to Arabidopsis AOx2-type genes was identified. Phylogenetic and expression analyses suggested that AtAOx1d does not belong to the AOx1-type family but forms a new (AOx3-type) family. Tissue-enriched expression profiling revealed that uncoupling protein genes were expressed more ubiquitously than the alternative oxidase genes. Distinct expression patterns among gene family members were observed between monocots and dicots and during chilling stress. These findings suggest that the members of each energy-dissipating system are subject to different cell or tissue/organ transcriptional regulation. As a result, plants may respond more flexibly to adverse biotic and abiotic conditions, in which oxidative stress is involved.
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- Jirí Borecky
- Centro de Biologia Molecular e Engenharia Genética, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, UNICAMP, CP 6109, 13083-970, Campinas, SP, Brazil
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Vercesi AE, Borecký J, Maia IDG, Arruda P, Cuccovia IM, Chaimovich H. Plant uncoupling mitochondrial proteins. ANNUAL REVIEW OF PLANT BIOLOGY 2006; 57:383-404. [PMID: 16669767 DOI: 10.1146/annurev.arplant.57.032905.105335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 131] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Uncoupling proteins (UCPs) are membrane proteins that mediate purine nucleotide-sensitive free fatty acid-activated H(+) flux through the inner mitochondrial membrane. After the discovery of UCP in higher plants in 1995, it was acknowledged that these proteins are widely distributed in eukaryotic organisms. The widespread presence of UCPs in eukaryotes implies that these proteins may have functions other than thermogenesis. In this review, we describe the current knowledge of plant UCPs, including their discovery, biochemical properties, distribution, gene family, gene expression profiles, regulation of gene expression, and evolutionary aspects. Expression analyses and functional studies on the plant UCPs under normal and stressful conditions suggest that UCPs regulate energy metabolism in the cellular responses to stress through regulation of the electrochemical proton potential (Deltamu(H)+) and production of reactive oxygen species.
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- Aníbal Eugênio Vercesi
- Laboratório de Bioenergética, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), 13083-970, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
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Jastroch M, Wuertz S, Kloas W, Klingenspor M. Uncoupling protein 1 in fish uncovers an ancient evolutionary history of mammalian nonshivering thermogenesis. Physiol Genomics 2005; 22:150-6. [PMID: 15886331 DOI: 10.1152/physiolgenomics.00070.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Uncoupling proteins (UCPs) increase proton leakage across the inner mitochondrial membrane. Thereby, UCP1 in brown adipose tissue dissipates proton motive force as heat. This mechanism of nonshivering thermogenesis is considered as a monophyletic trait of endothermic placental mammals that emerged about 140 million years ago and provided a crucial advantage for life in the cold. The paralogues UCP2 and UCP3 are probably not thermogenic proteins but convey mild uncoupling, which may serve to reduce the rate of mitochondrial reactive oxygen species production. Both are present in endotherms (mammals and birds), but so far only UCP2 has been identified in ectothermic vertebrates (fish and amphibia). The evolution of UCPs is of general interest in the search for the origin of mammalian UCP1-mediated nonshivering thermogenesis. We here show the presence of UCP1 and UCP3 in ectothermic teleost fish species using comparative genomics, phylogenetic inference, and gene expression analysis. In the common carp ( Cyprinus carpio), UCP1 is predominantly expressed in the liver and strongly diminished in response to cold exposure, thus contrasting the cold-induced expression of mammalian UCP1 in brown adipose tissue. UCP3 mRNA is only found in carp skeletal muscle with expression levels increased fivefold in response to fasting. Our findings disprove the monophyletic nature of UCP1 in placental mammals and demonstrate that all three members of the core UCP family were already present before the divergence of ray-finned and lobe-finned vertebrate lineages about 420 million years ago.
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- Martin Jastroch
- Department of Animal Physiology, Biology Faculty, Philipps-University Marburg, Germany
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Nogueira FTS, Borecký J, Vercesi AE, Arruda P. Genomic Structure and Regulation of Mitochondrial Uncoupling Protein Genes in Mammals and Plants. Biosci Rep 2005; 25:209-26. [PMID: 16283554 DOI: 10.1007/s10540-005-2886-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Uncoupling mitochondrial proteins (UCPs) belong to a discrete family within the mitochondrial anion carrier superfamily. Several uncoupling protein types have been found in mitochondria from mammals and plants, as well as in fishes, fungi, and protozoa. Mammalian UCPs and plant uncoupling proteins (PUMPs) form five distinct subfamilies. Only subfamily III contains both plant and animal uncoupling proteins, as well as UCPs from primitive eukaryotic organisms, which suggest that this group may represent an ancestral cluster from which other UCPs/PUMPs may have evolved. Genetic data indicate that UCPs/PUMPs are regulated at the transcriptional, post-transcriptional, and translational levels. Tissue/organ- and stress-specific gene expression suggests that UCPs/PUMPs are involved in the general balance of basic energy expenditure, protection against reactive oxygen species, and thermogenesis. Finally, the simultaneous occurrence of PUMP and alternative oxidase, another energy-dissipating system in plant mitochondria, raises the question of their response to biotic and abiotic stress at the transcriptional and functional levels.
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- Fábio T S Nogueira
- Centro de Biologia Molecular e Engenharia Genética, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), 13083-970 Campinas, SP, Brazil
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Borecký J, Vercesi AE. Plant Uncoupling Mitochondrial Protein and Alternative Oxidase: Energy Metabolism and Stress. Biosci Rep 2005; 25:271-86. [PMID: 16283557 DOI: 10.1007/s10540-005-2889-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Energy-dissipation in plant mitochondria can be mediated by inner membrane proteins via two processes: redox potential-dissipation or proton electrochemical potential-dissipation. Alternative oxidases (AOx) and the plant uncoupling mitochondrial proteins (PUMP) perform a type of intrinsic and extrinsic regulation of the coupling between respiration and phosphorylation, respectively. Expression analyses and functional studies on AOx and PUMP under normal and stress conditions suggest that the physiological role of both systems lies most likely in tuning up the mitochondrial energy metabolism in response of cells to stress situations. Indeed, the expression and function of these proteins in non-thermogenic tissues suggest that their primary functions are not related to heat production.
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- Jirí Borecký
- Departamento de Patologia Clínica (NMCE), FCM, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), CP 6111, 13083-970 Campinas, SP, Brazil
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Keller PA, Lehr L, Giacobino JP, Charnay Y, Assimacopoulos-Jeannet F, Giovannini N. Cloning, ontogenesis, and localization of an atypical uncoupling protein 4 in Xenopus laevis. Physiol Genomics 2005; 22:339-45. [PMID: 15914580 DOI: 10.1152/physiolgenomics.00012.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Uncoupling protein 1 (UCP1) is the first UCP described. It belongs to the family of mitochondrial carrier proteins and is expressed mainly in brown adipose tissue. Recently, the family of the UCPs has rapidly been growing due to the successive cloning of UCP2, UCP3, UCP4, and UCP5, also called brain mitochondrial carrier protein 1. Phylogenetic studies suggest that UCP1/UCP2/UCP3 on one hand and UCP4/UCP5 on the other hand belong to separate subfamilies. In this study, we report the cloning from a frog Xenopus laevis (Xl) oocyte cDNA library of a novel UCP that was shown, by sequence homology, to belong to the family of ancestral UCP4. This cloning provides a milestone in the gap between Drosophila melanogaster or Caenorhabditis elegans on one hand and mammalian UCP4 on the other. Xl UCP4 is already expressed in the oocyte, being the first UCP described in germ cell lineage. During development, it segregates in the neural cord, and, in the adult, in situ hybridization shows its expression in the neurons and also in the choroid plexus of the brain. By RT-PCR analysis, it was found that Xl UCP4 is present in all the subdivisions of the brain and also that it differs from mammalian UCP4 by a very high relative level of expression in peripheral tissues such as the liver and kidney. The peripheral tissue distribution of Xl UCP4 reinforces the hypothesis that UCP4 might be the ancestral UCP from which other UCPs diverged from.
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- Patrick A Keller
- Department of Cell Physiology and Metabolism, University Medical Center 1, Geneva.
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Krauss S, Zhang CY, Lowell BB. The mitochondrial uncoupling-protein homologues. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol 2005; 6:248-61. [PMID: 15738989 DOI: 10.1038/nrm1592] [Citation(s) in RCA: 492] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Uncoupling protein(UCP)1 is an integral membrane protein that is located in the mitochondrial inner membrane of brown adipocytes. Its physiological role is to mediate a regulated, thermogenic proton leak. UCP2 and UCP3 are recently identified UCP1 homologues. They also mediate regulated proton leak, and might function to control the production of superoxide and other downstream reactive oxygen species. However, their role in normal physiology remains unknown. Recent studies have shown that UCP2 has an important part in the pathogenesis of type-2 diabetes. The obscure roles of the UCP homologues in normal physiology, together with their emerging role in pathophysiology, provide exciting potential for further investigation.
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- Stefan Krauss
- Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, 99 Brookline Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
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Cavalheiro RA, Fortes F, Borecký J, Faustinoni VC, Schreiber AZ, Vercesi AE. Respiration, oxidative phosphorylation, and uncoupling protein in Candida albicans. Braz J Med Biol Res 2004; 37:1455-61. [PMID: 15448865 DOI: 10.1590/s0100-879x2004001000003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The respiration, membrane potential (Deltapsi), and oxidative phosphorylation of mitochondria in situ were determined in spheroplasts obtained from Candida albicans control strain ATCC 90028 by lyticase treatment. Mitochondria in situ were able to phosphorylate externally added ADP (200 microM) in the presence of 0.05% BSA. Mitochondria in situ generated and sustained stable mitochondrial Deltapsi respiring on 5 mM NAD-linked substrates, 5 mM succinate, or 100 microM N,N,N',N'-tetramethyl-p-phenylenediamine dihydrochloride plus 1 mM ascorbate. Rotenone (4 microM) inhibited respiration by 30% and 2 micro M antimycin A or myxothiazole and 1 mM cyanide inhibited it by 85%. Cyanide-insensitive respiration was partially blocked by 2 mM benzohydroxamic acid, suggesting the presence of an alternative oxidase. Candida albicans mitochondria in situ presented a carboxyatractyloside-insensitive increase of Deltapsi induced by 5 mM ATP and 0.5% BSA, and Deltapsi decrease induced by 10 microM linoleic acid, both suggesting the existence of an uncoupling protein. The presence of this protein was subsequently confirmed by immunodetection and respiration experiments with isolated mitochondria. In conclusion, Candida albicans ATCC 90028 possesses an alternative electron transfer chain and alternative oxidase, both absent in animal cells. These pathways can be exceptional targets for the design of new chemotherapeutic agents. Blockage of these respiratory pathways together with inhibition of the uncoupling protein (another potential target for drug design) could lead to increased production of reactive oxygen species, dysfunction of Candida mitochondria, and possibly to oxidative cell death.
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- R A Cavalheiro
- Departamento de Patologia Clínica, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, 13083-970 Campinas, SP, Brazil
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Cannon SB, Mitra A, Baumgarten A, Young ND, May G. The roles of segmental and tandem gene duplication in the evolution of large gene families in Arabidopsis thaliana. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2004; 4:10. [PMID: 15171794 PMCID: PMC446195 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-4-10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1197] [Impact Index Per Article: 59.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2003] [Accepted: 06/01/2004] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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BACKGROUND Most genes in Arabidopsis thaliana are members of gene families. How do the members of gene families arise, and how are gene family copy numbers maintained? Some gene families may evolve primarily through tandem duplication and high rates of birth and death in clusters, and others through infrequent polyploidy or large-scale segmental duplications and subsequent losses. RESULTS Our approach to understanding the mechanisms of gene family evolution was to construct phylogenies for 50 large gene families in Arabidopsis thaliana, identify large internal segmental duplications in Arabidopsis, map gene duplications onto the segmental duplications, and use this information to identify which nodes in each phylogeny arose due to segmental or tandem duplication. Examples of six gene families exemplifying characteristic modes are described. Distributions of gene family sizes and patterns of duplication by genomic distance are also described in order to characterize patterns of local duplication and copy number for large gene families. Both gene family size and duplication by distance closely follow power-law distributions. CONCLUSIONS Combining information about genomic segmental duplications, gene family phylogenies, and gene positions provides a method to evaluate contributions of tandem duplication and segmental genome duplication in the generation and maintenance of gene families. These differences appear to correspond meaningfully to differences in functional roles of the members of the gene families.
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- Steven B Cannon
- Plant Biology Department, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA
- Plant Pathology Department, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA
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- Plant Biology Department, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA
- Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior Department, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA
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- Plant Biology Department, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA
- Plant Pathology Department, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA
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- Plant Biology Department, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA
- Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior Department, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA
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Jastroch M, Withers K, Klingenspor M. Uncoupling protein 2 and 3 in marsupials: identification, phylogeny, and gene expression in response to cold and fasting in Antechinus flavipes. Physiol Genomics 2004; 17:130-9. [PMID: 14970361 DOI: 10.1152/physiolgenomics.00165.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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We searched for the presence of uncoupling protein genes so far unknown in marsupials and monotremes and identified uncoupling protein 2 (UCP2) and UCP3 full-length cDNAs in libraries constructed from the marsupials Antechinus flavipes and Sminthopsis macroura. Marsupial UCP2 is 89–90% identical to rodent UCP2, whereas UCP3 exhibits 80% identity to mouse UCP3. A phylogenetic tree including all known UCPs positions the novel marsupial UCP2 and UCP3 at the base of the mammalian orthologs. In the 5′-untranslated region of UCP2 a second open reading frame encoding for a 36-amino acid peptide was identified which is highly conserved in all vertebrate UCP2 transcripts. Analysis of tissue specificity in A. flavipes with homologous cDNA probes revealed ubiquitous presence of UCP2 mRNA and striated muscle specificity of UCP3 mRNA resembling the known expression pattern in rodents. Neither UCP2 nor UCP3 gene expression was stimulated in adipose tissue and skeletal muscle of cold exposed A. flavipes. However, UCP3 mRNA expression was upregulated 6-fold in heart and 2.5-fold in skeletal muscle as reported for rodents in response to fasting. Furthermore, UCP3 mRNA seems to be coregulated with PDK4 mRNA, indicating a relation to enhanced lipid metabolism. In contrast, UCP2 gene expression was not regulated in response to fasting in adipose tissue and skeletal muscle but was diminished in the lung and increased in adipose tissue. Taken together, the sequence analysis, tissue specificity and physiological regulation suggest a conserved function of UCP2 and UCP3 during 130 million years of mammalian evolution.
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- Martin Jastroch
- Animal Physiology, Department of Biology, Philipps-University Marburg, 35032 Marburg, Germany
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Grabelnych O, Sumina O, Funderat S, Pobezhimova T, Voinikov V, Kolesnichenko A. The distribution of electron transport between the main cytochrome and alternative pathways in plant mitochondria during short-term cold stress and cold hardening. J Therm Biol 2004. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2004.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Abstract
The function of brown adipose tissue is to transfer energy from food into heat; physiologically, both the heat produced and the resulting decrease in metabolic efficiency can be of significance. Both the acute activity of the tissue, i.e., the heat production, and the recruitment process in the tissue (that results in a higher thermogenic capacity) are under the control of norepinephrine released from sympathetic nerves. In thermoregulatory thermogenesis, brown adipose tissue is essential for classical nonshivering thermogenesis (this phenomenon does not exist in the absence of functional brown adipose tissue), as well as for the cold acclimation-recruited norepinephrine-induced thermogenesis. Heat production from brown adipose tissue is activated whenever the organism is in need of extra heat, e.g., postnatally, during entry into a febrile state, and during arousal from hibernation, and the rate of thermogenesis is centrally controlled via a pathway initiated in the hypothalamus. Feeding as such also results in activation of brown adipose tissue; a series of diets, apparently all characterized by being low in protein, result in a leptin-dependent recruitment of the tissue; this metaboloregulatory thermogenesis is also under hypothalamic control. When the tissue is active, high amounts of lipids and glucose are combusted in the tissue. The development of brown adipose tissue with its characteristic protein, uncoupling protein-1 (UCP1), was probably determinative for the evolutionary success of mammals, as its thermogenesis enhances neonatal survival and allows for active life even in cold surroundings.
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Affiliation(s)
- Barbara Cannon
- The Wenner-Gren Institute, The Arrhenius Laboratories F3, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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A Risky Job: In Search of Noncanonical Pathways. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2003. [DOI: 10.1016/s0069-8032(03)42011-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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